Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.

UCSD School of Medicine, Department of PsychiatryVA San Diego Healthcare System3350 La Jolla Village Dr. (151B)

San Diego, CA 92161Phone: 858-642-3742

Fax: 858-642-6340Email: ajak@ucsd.edu

Education08/1999 – 09/2004 Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Neuropsychology Focus

05/1994 – 12/1995 Master of Arts in Counseling Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN

08/1990 – 05/1994 Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Miami UniversityOxford, OH

Selected Professional Experience03/2017 – present Associate Director, Clinical Research Unit,

Center of Excellence in Stress and Mental Health (CESAMH)VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA

07/2015 - present Associate Professor of PsychiatryUniversity of California, San Diego

09/2014 - present Co-Director, UCSD/VA Psychology Internship Training ProgramVA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA

04/2008 - present Director, Traumatic Brain Injury Cognitive Rehabilitation ClinicVA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA

08/2007 - present NeuropsychologistNeuropsychological AssociatesUniversity of California, San Diego

01/2009 – present Faculty, Center of Excellence in Stress and Mental Health (CESAMH)VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA

07/2007 – 06/2015 Assistant Professor of PsychiatryUniversity of California, San Diego

04/2007 – 02/2010 Research PsychologistVA San Diego Healthcare System

09/2006 – 08/2007 Staff NeuropsychologistDefense and Veteran’s Brain Injury Center, Camp Pendleton Concussion Clinic

07/2004 – 03/2007 Postdoctoral Fellow

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Veterans Medical Research Foundation/VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA

07/2003 – 06/2004 Psychology InternUCSD/VA Psychology Internship, San Diego, CA

GrantsCurrent

Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Huckans, Twamley). Title: Cognitive Rehabilitation for Older Veterans with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Agency: VA CSR&D 2018-2022. Funding: $744,956.

Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Bondi). Title: Re-Visiting Methods for MCI Diagnosis to Improve Biomarker and Trial Findings. Agency: National Institutes of Health 2016-2021. Funding: $2,915,000.

Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Twamley). Title: Cognitive Rehabilitation for Homeless OEF/OIF/OND Veterans. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs, 2016-2019. Funding: $1,071,217.

Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Kremen). Title: The Vietnam Era Twin Study. Agency: National Institutes of Health, 2015-2020.

Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Kremen). Title: The VETSA Longitudinal MRI Twin Study of Aging. Agency: National Institute on Aging, 2015-2020. Direct Costs: $ 8,972,161.

Role: Principal Investigator. Title: Novel White Matter Imaging to Improve Diagnosis of

Mild TBI Agency: VA/DoD Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC), 2015-2018. Funding: $613,102.

Role: Principal Investigator. Title: Impact of Combined Behavioral Interventions on Cognitive Outcomes in MCI. A gency: Alzheimer’s Association, 2014-2017. Funding: $250,000.

Under Review

CompletedRole: Principal Investigator. Title: Enhanced Cognitive Rehabilitation to Treat

Veterans with Comorbid TBI and PTSD. Agency: DoD, 2011-2016. Funding: $2,162,552.

Role: Investigator (PI: Au). Title: MRI, Genetic and Cognitive Precursors of AD and Dementia. Agency: NIA, 2013-2017.

Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Leung). Title: Improving functions in MTBI patients with headache by rTMS. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs, 2013-16. Funding: $197,760.

Role : Co-Investigator (PI: Delano-Wood). Title: Quantitative Tractography and Volumetric MRI in Blast and Blunt Force TBI: Predictors of Neurocognitive and Behavioral Outcome. Agency: Department of Defense, 2011-15. Funding: $1,200,000.

Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Kremen). Title: The VETSA Longitudinal MRI Twin Study of Aging. Agency: National Institute on Aging, 2009-2014. Direct Costs: $5,421,020.

Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Storzbach). Title: Cognitive Rehabilitation of OIF/OEF Veterans with Cognitive Disorder. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs, 2008-13. Funding: $738,000.

Role: Co-investigator (PI: Bondi). Title: Cognitive Abilities of At-Risk Elderly for Dementia. Agency: National Institute on Aging, 2008-2013. Funding: $1,250,000.

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Role: Principal Investigator. Title: Impact of a Walking Intervention on

Executive Functioning in Older Adults. Agency: UCSD Stein Institute for Research on Aging Faculty Pilot Research Grant, 2008-09. Funding: $10,000

Role: Principal Investigator. Title: Compensatory Cognitive Rehabilitation in Amnestic andNon-Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Agency: UCSD Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Pilot Grant, 2009-10. Funding: $35,000.

Role: Co-Investigator (PI: O’Halloran). Title: Computerized Assessment by Remote Examiner (CARES) – MCI. Agency: NIH – SBIR, 2008-09. Funding: $11,080.

Role: Principal Investigator. Title: Activity Levels, Cognition, and Temporal Lobe Integrity in At-risk Adults. Agency: Alzheimer’s Association New Investigator Grant, 2007-2009. Funding: $100,000

Role: Principal Investigator. Title: Activity Levels, Genetic Risk, Cognition, and Morphometry in Elders. Agency: Department of Veteran’s Affairs Career Development Award – 2 (CDA-2), 2007-2010. Direct Costs: $402,200

Role: Principal Investigator. Title: Brain Integrity in Children At Risk for Bipolar Disorder. Agency: National Institute of Mental Health Individual Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) 1 F31 MH65732-01, 2002-2003. Direct Costs: $46,715.

Role: Principal Investigator. Title: Executive Functioning and Structural Integrity of the Anterior Cingulate in Children At Risk to Develop Bipolar Disorder. Agency: University of Cincinnati University Research Council Summer Award (URC), 2002. Direct Costs: $1700.

Role: Principal Investigator. Title: A Pilot fMRI Study of Response Inhibition. Agency: University of Cincinnati University Research Council Summer Award (URC), 2001. Direct Costs: $1700.

Role: Principal Investigator. Title: Brain Structural Correlates of Memory in Bipolar Disorder. Agency: University of Cincinnati University Research Council Summer Award (URC), 2000. Direct Costs: $1700.

Published Manuscripts in Peer-Reviewed JournalsOlsen, D.C., Hays, C.C., Orff, H.J., Jak, A.J., & Twamley, E.W. (in press). Correlates of

Employment and Postsecondary Education Enrollment for Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries. To appear in Brain Injury.

Emrani, S., Libon, D.J., Lamar, M., Price, C.C., Jefferson, A.L., Gifford, K.A., Hohman, T.J., Nation, D.A., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A.J., Bangen, K.J., Bondi, M.W., Brickman, A.M., Manly, J.J., Swenson, R., & Au, R. on behalf the Consortium for Clinical and Epidemiological Neuropsychological Data Analysis (CENDA) (accepted for publication). Working Memory and Serial Order Recall in Mild Cognitive Impairment. To appear in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Jak, A.J. (2017). The Primary Role of Mental Health Treatment in Resolution of Persistent Post-Concussive Symptoms. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, 4, 231-40.

Jurick, S. M., Weissberger, G. H., Clark, L. R., Wierenga, C. E., Chang, Y-L, Schiehser, D. M., Han, S. D., Jak, A. J., Dev, S. I., & Bondi, M. W. (in press). Faulty Adaptation to Repeated Face-Name Associative Pairs in Mild Cognitive Impairment is Predictive of Cognitive Decline. To appear in Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

Jak, A.J., Crocker, L., Aupperle, R., Clausen, A., & Bomyea, J. (2016). Neurocognition in PTSD: Treatment Insights and Implications. Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences: Behavioral Neurobiology of PTSD. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. doi.org/10.1007/7854_2016_62

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Jurick, S. M., Crocker, L. D., Sanderson-Cimino, M., Keller, A.V., Trenova, L. S., Boyd, B.,

Twamley, E. W., Rodgers, C. S., Schiehser D. M., Aupperle, R. L., & Jak, A. J. (2018). Contributions to Executive Dysfunction in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 33, E41-52. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000313

Colvonen, P.J., Glassman, L.H., Crocker, L.D., Buttner, M.M., Orff, H., Schiehser, D.M., Norman, S.B., Afari, N., & the VA Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health Clinical Research Unit (2017). Pretreatment biomarkers predicting PTSD psychotherapy outcomes: A systematic review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 75, 140-156.

Granholm, E., Panizzon, M.S., Elman, J.A., Jak, A.J., Hauger, R.L., Bondi, M.W., Lyons, M.J., Franz, C.E., Kremen, W.S. (2017). Pupil responses as a biomarker of early risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 54, 1419-28. doi: 10.3233/JAD-161078.

Schiehser, D., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A., Hanson, K., Sorg, S., Orff, H., & Clark, A. (2017). Predictors of Cognitive and Physical Fatigue in Post-Acute Mild-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 27, 1031-46.

Jurick, S.M., Bangen, K., Evangelista, N., Sanderson-Cimino, M., Delano-Wood, L., & Jak, A.J. (2016). Advanced Neuroimaging to Quantify Myelin in vivo – Application to TBI. Brain Injury, 30, 1452-57.

Jak, A.J., Preis, S.R., Beiser, A.S., Seshadri, S., Wolf, P.A., Bondi, M., & Au, R. (2016). Neuropsychological Criteria for MCI and Dementia Risk in the Framingham Heart Study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 22, 937-43.

Hanson, K. L., Schiehser, D. M., Clark, A. L., Sorg, S. F., Kim, R., Jacobson, M. W., Werhane, M., Jak, A. J., Twamley, E., & Delano-Wood, L. (2016). Problem Alcohol Use in Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Associations with Cognitive Performance and Psychiatric Symptoms. Journal of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology, 38, 1115-30.

Leung, A., Shukla, S., Fallah, A., Song, D., Lin, L., Golshan, S., Tsai, A., Jak, A.J., Polston, G., Lee, R. (2016). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in managing mild traumatic brain injury-related headaches. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 19, 133-41. doi: 10.1111/ner.12364

Edmonds, E.C., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A.J., Galasko, D., Salmon, D.P., Bondi, M.W. (2016). “Missed” MCI: False-Negative Errors Based on Conventional Diagnostic Criteria. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 52, 685-691. doi: 10.3233/JAD-150986.

Storzbach, D., Twamley, E.W., Roost, M.S., Golshan, S., Williams, R.M., O’Neil, M., Jak, A.J., Turner, A.P., Kowalski, H.M., Pagulayan, K.F., & Huckans, M. (2017). Compensatory Cognitive Training for Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND) Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 32, 16-24.

Bomyea, J., Lang, A.J., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A.J., Hanson, K.L., Sorg, S., Clark, A.L., & Schiehser, D.M. (2016). Neuropsychiatric predictors of post-injury headache after mild-moderate traumatic brain injury in veterans. Headache, 56, 699-710. doi: 10.1111/head.12799.

Boyd, B., Rodgers, C., Aupperle, R., & Jak, A.J. (2016). Case Report on the effects of Cognitive Processing Therapy on Psychological, Neuropsychological and Speech Disturbances in Comorbid PTSD and TBI. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 23, 178-83. doi:10.1016/j.cbpra.2015.10.001

Jurick, S.M., Twamley, E.W., Hays, C.C., Orff, H.J., & Jak, A.J. (2016). Post-concussive Symptom Over-reporting in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 53, 571-584.

Clark, A.L., Sorg, S.F., Schiesher, D., Bigler, E., Bondi, M.W., Jacobson, M., Jak, A.J. & DelanoWood, L. (2016). White matter associations with

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.performance validity testing in Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury: The utility of biomarkers in complicated assessment. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 31, 346-59. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000183.

Vuoksimaa, E., Panizzon, M., Chen, C.H., Fiecas, M., Eyler, L., Fennema-Notestine, C., Hagler, D., Franz, C., Jak, A.J., Lyons, M., Neale, M., Rinker, Thompson, W., Tsuang, M., Dale, A., Kremen, W. (2016). Is bigger always better? The importance of cortical configuration with respect to cognitive ability. Neuroimage, 129, 356-66.

Ahmed, S., Brennan, L., Eppig, J., Price, C.C., Lamar, M., Delano-Wood, L., Bangen, K.J., Edmonds, E.C., Clark, L., Nation, D. A., Jak, A.J., Au, R., Swenson, R., Bondi, M.W., & Libon, D.J. (2016). Visuoconstructional Impairment in Subtypes of Mild Cognitive Impairment. Applied Neuropsychology, 23, 43-52. doi: 10.1080/23279095.2014.1003067. 

Orff, H.J., Jak, A.J., Gregory, A.M., Colon, C.C., Schiehser, D.M., Drummond, S.P.A., Lohr, J.B., & Twamley, E.W. (2015). Sleep Disturbance, Psychiatric, and Cognitive Functioning in Veterans with Mild to Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and Care, 4. DOI: 10.4172/2325-9639.1000153

Walter, K.H., Jak, A.J., & Twamley, E.W. (2015). Psychiatric comorbidity effects on compensatory cognitive training outcomes for Veterans with traumatic brain injuries: A brief report Rehabilitation Psychology, 60, 303-8. doi: 10.1037/rep0000049

Twamley, E.W., Thomas, K.R., Gregory, A.M., Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W., Delis, D.C., & Lohr, J.B. (2015). CogSMART compensatory cognitive training for traumatic brain injury: effects over 1 year. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 30, 391-401. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000076.

Jak, A.J., Aupperle, R., Rodgers, C., Lang, A.J., Schiehser, D., Norman, S.B., & Twamley, E.W. (2015). Evaluation of a hybrid treatment for veterans with comorbid traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 45, 210-216. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2015.10.009

Jak, A.J., Gregory, A., Orff, H.J., Colon, C., Steele, N., Schiehser, D., Delano-Wood, L., & Twamley, E.W. (2015). Neuropsychological Presentation of OEF/OIF Veterans with a History of Mild to Moderate TBI. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 37, 379-88.  doi: 10.1080/13803395.2015

Docherty, A.R., Hagler, D.J., Panizzon, M.S., Neale, M.C., Eyler, L.T., Fennema-Notestine, C., Franz, C.E.,Jak, A.J., Lyons, M.J., Rinker, D.A., Thompson, W.K., Tsuang, M.T., Dale, A.M., & Kremen, W.S. Does degree of gyrification underlie the phenotypic and genetic associations between cortical surface area and cognitive ability? (2015). Neuroimage, 1, 106-154. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.11.040

Jak, A.J., Panizzon, M.S., Spoon, K.M., Fennema-Notestine, C., Franz, C.E., Thompson, W.K., Jacobson, K.C., Xian, H., Eyler, L.T. Vuoksimaa, E., Toomey, R., Lyons, M.J., Neale, M. C., Fischl, B., Tsuang, M.T., Dale, A.M., & Kremen, W.S. (2015). Hippocampal Atrophy Varies by Neuropsychologically-Defined Subtype of MCI among Men in Their 50s. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23, 456-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.08.011

Schiehser, D.M., Twamley, E.W., Liu, L., Matevosyan, A., Filoteo, J.V., Jak, A.J., Orff, H.J., Hanson, K.L., Sorg, S.F., & Delano-Wood, L. (2015). The relationship between post-concussive symptoms and quality of life in veterans with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 30, E21-8. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000065

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Edmonds, E.C., Delano-Wood, L., Clark, L.R., Jak, A.J., Nation, D.A., McDonald, C.R.,

Libon, D. J., Au, R., Galasko, D., Salmon, D.P., & Bondi, M.W., for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative* (2015). Susceptibility of the conventional criteria for Mild Cognitive Impairment to false positive diagnostic errors. Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 11, 415-24. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.03.005

Schiehser, D.M., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A.J., Matthews, S., Simmons, A., Jacobson, M., Filoteo, J.V., Bondi, M.W., Orff, H., and Liu, L. (2015). Validation of the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale in Chronic Mild to Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 30, 116-21.

Vuoksimaa, E., Panizzon, M.S., Chen, C., Fiecas, M., Eyler, L.T., Fennema-Notestine, C., Hagler, D.J., Fischl, B., Franz, C.E., Jak, A.J., Lyons, M.J., Neale, M.C., Rinker, D., Thompson, W.K., Tsuang, M.T., Dale, A.M., & Kremen, W.S. (2015). The genetic association between neocortical volume and general cognitive ability is driven by global surface area rather than thickness. Cerebral Cortex, 25, 2127-37.

Bondi, M.W., Edmonds, E.C., Jak, A.J., Clark, L.R., Delano-Wood, L., McDonald, C.R., Nation, D.A., Libon, D.J., Au, R., Galasko, D., & Salmon, D. for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative* (2014). Neuropsychological criteria for MCID improves diagnostic precision, biomarker associations, and progression rates. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 42, 275-89.

Zlatar, Z.Z., Wierenga, C.E., Bangen, K.J., Liu. T., Jak, A.J. (2014). Increased hippocampal blood flow in sedentary older adults at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 41, 809-17.

Kremen, W.S., Jak, A.J., Panizzon, M.S., Spoon, K.M., Franz, C.E., Thompson, W.K., Jacobson, K.C., Vasilopoulos, T., Vuoksimaa, E., Xian, H., Toomey, R., Lyons, M.J. (2014). Authors response to: commentary by Johnson et al. International Journal of Epidemiology, 43, 612-13.

Kremen, W.S., Jak, A.J., Spoon, K.M., Panizzon, M.S., Franz, C.E., Thompson, W.K., Jacobson, K.C., Xian, H., Grant, M.D., Toomey, R., & Lyons, M.J. (2014). Early Identification of Mild Cognitive Impairment: Prevalence and Heritability in Men in their 50s. International Journal of Epidemiology, 43, 600-10

Eyler, L.T., Vuoksimaa, E., Panizzon, M.S., Fennema-Notestine, C., Neale, M.C., Chen, C., Jak, A.J., Franz, C.E., Lyons, M.J., Thompson, W.K., Spoon, K.M., Fischl, B., Dale, A.M., & Kremen, W.S. (2014). Conceptual and data-based investigation of genetic influences and brain asymmetry: A twin study of multiple structural phenotypes. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26, 1100-07.

Twamley, E.W., Jak, A.J., Delis, D. C, Bondi, M.W., & Lohr, J.B. (2014). Cognitive Symptom Management and Rehabilitation Therapy (CogSMART) for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 51, 59-69.

Sorg, S.F., Delano-Wood, L., Luc, N., Schiehser, D.M., Hanson, K.L., Nation, D.A., Lanni, E., Jak, A.J., Lu, K., Meloy, M.J., Frank, L.R., Lohr, J.B., & Bondi, M.W. (2014). White Matter Integrity in Veterans With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Associations With Executive Function and Loss of Consciousness. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 29, 21-32.

Nation, D.A., Wierenga, C.E., Clark, L.R., Dev, S.I., Stricker, N.H., Jak, A.J., Salmon, D.P., Delano-Wood, L., Bangen, K.J., Rissman, R.A., Liu, T.T., & Bondi, M.W. (2013). Cortical and Subcortical Cerebrovascular Resistance Index in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimers Disease 36, 689-98. doi: 10.3233/JAD-130086..

Clark, L., Delano-Wood, L., Libon, D., McDonald, C., Bangen, K., Jak, A.J., Au, R., Salmon, D., & Bondi, M. (2013). Are empirically-derived subtypes of mild cognitive impairment consistent with conventional subtypes? Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 19, 635-45. doi: 10.1017/S1355617713000313

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Vuoksimaa, E., Panizzon, M.S., Chen, C., Eyler, L.T., Fennema-Notestine, C., Fiecas, M.,

Fischl, B., Franz, C.E., Grant, M.D., Jak, A.J., Lyons, M.J., Neale, M.C., Thompson, W.K., Tsuang, M.T., Xian, H., Dale, A.M., & Kremen, W.S. (2013). Cognitive Reserve Modifies the Association Between the Hippocampus and Episodic Memory in Middle-Age. Neuropsychologia, 51, 1124-31. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.02.022

Jak, A.J., Seelye, A.M., Jurick, S.M. (2013). Crosswords to computers: A critical review of popular approaches to cognitive enhancement. Neuropsychology Review, 23, 13-26. doi: 10.1007/s11065-013-9226-5.

Huckans, M., Twamley, E.W., Jak, A.J., Hutson, L.R., Storzbach, D.M. (2013). Efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation therapies for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in older adults: Working toward a theoretical model and evidence based interventions. Neuropsychology Review, 23, 63-80. doi: 10.1007/s11065-013-9230-9.

Eyler, L.T., Chen, C., Panizzon, M.S., Fennema-Notestine, C., Neale, M.C., Jak, A.J., Jernigan, T.L., Fischl, B., Franz, C.E., Lyons, M.J., Grant, M., Prom-Wormley, E., Seidman, L.J., Tsuang, M.T., Dale, A.M., & Kremen, W.S. (2012). A Comparison of Heritability Maps of Cortical Surface Area and Thickness and the Influence of Adjustment for Whole Brain Measures: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Twin Study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 15, 304-314. doi:10.1017/thg.2012.3.

Nation, D.A., Delano-Wood, L., Bangen, K.J., Wierenga, C.E., Jak, A.J., Hansen, L.A., Galasko, D.R., Salmon, D.P., & Bondi, M.W. (2012). Antemortem pulse pressure elevation predicts cerebrovascular disease in autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 30, 595-603; doi: 10.3233/JAD-2012-111697.

Wierenga, C.E., Dev, S.I., Shin, D.D., Clark, L.R., Bangen, K.J., Jak, A.J., Rissman, R.A., Liu, T.T., Salmon, D.P., and Bondi, M.W. (2012). Effect of mild cognitive impairment and APOE genotype on resting cerebral blood flow and its association with cognition. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 32, 1589-99. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2012.58

Bangen, K.J., Restom, K., Liu, T.T., Wierenga, C.E., Jak, A.J., Salmon, D.P., and Bondi, M.W. (2012). Assessment of Alzheimer’ disease risk with functional magnetic resonance imaging: An arterial spin labeling study. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 31, S59-74.

Kubarych, T., Prom-Wormley, E., Franz, C., Panizzon, M., Dale, A., Fischl, B., Eyler, L., Fennema-Notestine, C., Grant, M., Hauger, R., Hellhammer, D., Jak, A., Jernigan, T., Lupien, S., Lyons, M., Mendoza, S., Neale, M.C., Seidman, L., Tsuang, M., and Kremen, W.S. (2012). A multivariate twin study of hippocampal volume, self-esteem and well-being in middle-aged men. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 11, 539-44; doi: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00789.x

Chen, C.H., Gutierrez, E.D., Thompson, W., Panizzon, M.S., Jernigan, T.L., Eyler, L.T., Fennema-Notestine, C., Jak, A.J., Neale, M.C., Franz, C.E., Lyons, M.J., Grant, M.D., Fischl, B., Seidman, L.J., Tsuang, M.T., Kremen, W.S., and Dale, A.M. (2012). Hierarchical genetic organization of human cortical surface area. Science, 335, 1634-6

Panizzon, M.S., Fennema-Notestine, C., Kubarych, T., Chen, C., Eyler, L.T., Fischl, B., Franz, C.E., Grant, M.D., Hamza, S., Jak, A.J., Jernigan, T.L., Lyons, M.J., Prom-Wormley, E.C., Neale, M.C., Seidman, L., Tsuang, M.T., Xian, H., Dale, A.M., & Kremen, W.S. (2012). Genetic and Environmental Influences of White and Gray Matter Signal Contrast: A New Phenotype for Imaging Genetics? Neuroimage, 60, 1686-95.

Delano-Wood, L., Stricker, N.H., Sorg, S.F., Nation, D.A., Jak, A.J., Woods, S.P., Libon, D.J, Delis, D.C., Frank, L.R., and Bondi, M.W. (2012). Posterior Cingulum White

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Matter Disruption and Its Associations with Verbal Memory and Stroke Risk in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 29, 589-603.

Panizzon, M.S., Hauger, R., Eaves, L.J., Chen, C., Dale, A.M., Eyler, L.T., Fischl, B., Fennema-Notestine, C., Franz, C.E., Grant, M.D., Jacobson, K.C., Jak, A.J., Lyons, M.J., Mendoza, S.P., Neale, M.C., Prom-Wormley, E., Seidman, L.J., Tsuang, M.T., Xian, H., and Kremen, W.S. (2012). Genetic Influences on Hippocampal Volume Differ as a Function of Testosterone Level in Middle-Aged Men. Neuroimage, 59, 1123-31.

Kremen, W.S., Panizzon M.S., Neale M.C., Fennema-Notestine, C., Prom-Wormley, E., Eyler, L.T., Stevens, A., Franz, C.E., Lyons, M.J., Grant, M.D., Jak, A.J., Jernigan, T.L., Xian, H., Fischl, B., Seidman, L.J., Tsuang, M.T., & Dale, A.M. (2012). Heritability of brain ventricle size: Finding converging evidence in inconsistent results. Neurobiology of Aging, 33, 1-8.

Chen, C., Panizzon, M.S., Eyler, L.T., Jernigan, T.L., Thompson, W., Fennema-Notestine, C., Jak, A.J., Neale, M.C., Franz, C.E., Hamza, S., Lyons, M.J., Grant, M.D., Fischl, B., Seidman, L.J., Tsuang, M.T., Kremen, W.S., and Dale, A.M. (2011). Genetic Influences on Cortical Regionalization in the Human Brain. Neuron, 72, 537-44.

Fennema-Notestine, C., Panizzon, M.S., Thompson, W.R., Chen, C.H., Eyler, L.T., Fischl, B., Franz, C.E., Grant, M.D., Jak, A.J., Jernigan, T.L., Lyons, M.J., Neale, M.C., Seidman, L.J., Tsuang, M.T., Xian, H., Dale, A.M., Kremen, W.S. (2011). Presence of APOE e4 allele associated with thinner frontal cortex in middle age. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 26 (Suppl 3), 49-60.

Eyler, L.T., Prom-Wormley, E., Panizzon, M.S., Kaup, A.R., Fennema-Notestine, C., Neale, M.C., Jernigan, T.L., Fisch, B., Franz, C.E., Lyons, M.J., Grant, M., Stevens, A., Pacheco, J., Perry, M.E., Schmitt, J.E., Seidman, L.J., Thermenos, H.W., Tsuang, M.T., Chen, C., Thompson, W.K., Jak, A.J., Dale, A.M., and Kremen, W.S. (2011). Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Regional Cortical Surface Area in Humans: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Twin Study. Cerebral Cortex, 21, 2313-21.

Nation, D.A., Hong, S., Jak, A.J., Delano-Wood, L., Mills, P.J., Bondi, M.W., and Dimsdale, J.E. (2011). Stress, exercise, and Alzheimer’s disease: A neurovascular pathway. Medical Hypotheses, 76, 847-54.

Schiehser, D., Delis, D., Filoteo, V., Delano-Wood, L., Han, S.D., Jak, A., Drake, A., and Bondi, M. (2011). Are Self-Reported Symptoms of Executive Dysfunction Associated with Objective Executive Function Performance Following Traumatic Brain Injury? Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33, 704-14.

Wierenga, C.E., Stricker, N.H., McCauley, A., Simmons, A., Jak, A.J., Chang, Y.L., Nation, D.A., Bangen, K.J., Salmon, D.P., and Bondi, M.W. (2011). Altered brain response for semantic knowledge in Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychologia, 49, 392-404.

Panizzon, M.S., Hauger, R., Dale, A.M., Eaves, L.J., Eyler, L.T., Fischl, B., Fennema-Notestine, C., Franz, C.E., Grant, M.D., Jak, A.J., Jacobson, K.C., Lyons, M.J., Mendoza, S.M., Neale, M.C., Prom-Wormley, E., Seidman, L.J., Tsuang, M.T., Xian, H. & Kremen, W.S. (2010). Testosterone Modifies the Impact of APOE Genotype on Hippocampal Volume in Middle-Aged Men. Neurology, 75, 874-80.

Jak, A.J., Nation, D.A., Delano Wood, L., Stricker, N.H., and Schiehser, D. (2010). Relationship Between Vascular Risk Factors and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Cognitive Sciences. 5, 99-124.

Kremen, W.S. O’Brien, R.C., Panizzon, M.S., Prom-Wormley, E., Eaves, L.J., Eyler, L.T., Hauger, R.L., Fennema-Notestine, C., Fischl, B., Grant, M.D., Hellhammer, D.H., Jak, A.J., Jacobson, K.C., Jernigan, T.L., Lupienj, S.J., Lyons, M.J., Mendoza, S.M., Neale, M.C., Seidman, L.J., Thermenos, H., Tsuang, M.T., Xian, H., Dale, A.M., & Franz, C.E. (2010). Salivary cortisol and prefrontal cortical thickness in middle-aged men: A twin study. NeuroImage, 53, 1093-1102.

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Han, S.D., Suzuki, H., Jak, A.J., Chang, Y., Salmon, D.P., & Bondi, M.W. (2010).

Hierarchical Cognitive and Psychosocial Predictors of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16, 721-9.

Nation, D.A., Wierenga, C.E., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A.J., Delis, D.C., Bondi, M.W. (2010). Elevated Pulse Pressure is Associated with Age-Related Decline in Language Ability. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16, 933-938.

Wierenga, C.E., Stricker, N.R., McCauley, A., Simmons, A., Jak, A.J., Chang, Y., Bangen, K.J., Salmon, D.P., & Bondi, M.W. (2010). Increased functional brain response during word retrieval in cognitively intact older adults at genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease. NeuroImage, 51, 1222-33.

Bangen, K.J., Jak, A.J., Schiehser, D.M., Delano-Wood, L., Tuminello, E., Han, S.D., Delis, D.C. and Bondi, M.W. (2010). Complex activities of daily living vary by mild cognitive impairment subtype. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16, 630-9.

Delano-Wood, L., Bondi, M.W., Jak, A.J., Stricker, N.R., Schweinsburg, B.C., Frank, L.R., Wierenga, C.E., Delis, D.C., Theilmann, R.J., Salmon, D.P. (2010). Stroke risk modifies regional white matter differences in mild cognitive impairment. Neurobiology of Aging, 31, 1721-31.

Delano-Wood, L., Abeles, N., Bondi, M., Sacco, J., Jak, A., Libon, D., & Bozoki, A. "Heterogeneity in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Differences in neuropsychological profile and associated white matter lesion pathology" (2009). Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15, 906-14.

Jak, A.J., Urban, S., McCauley, A., Bangen, K.J., Delano-Wood, L., Corey-Bloom, J., & Bondi, M.W. (2009). Profile of Hippocampal Volumes and Stroke Risk Varies by Neuropsychological Definition of MCI. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 15, 890-7.

Jak, A.J., Bangen, K.J., Wierenga, C.E., Delano-Wood, L., Corey-Bloom, J., and Bondi, M.W. (2009). Contributions of neuropsychology and neuroimaging to understanding clinical subtypes of mild cognitive impairment. International Review of Neurobiology, Dementia, 84, 81-103.

Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W., Delano-Wood, L., Wierenga, C., Corey-Bloom, J, Delis, D., and Salmon, D. (2009). Quantification of five neuropsychological approaches to defining mild cognitive impairment. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17, 368-75.

Bangen, K.J., Restom, K., Liu, T.T., Jak, A.J., Wierenga, C.E., Salmon, D.P., and Bondi, M.W. (2009). Differential age effects on cerebral blood flow and BOLD response to encoding: Associations with cognition and stroke risk. Neurobiology of Aging, 30, 1276-87.

Han, S.D., Suzuki, H., Drake, A.I., Cessante, L.M., Jak, A.J., Houston, W.S., and Bondi, M.W. (2009). Clinical, cognitive and genetic predictors of change in job status following traumatic brain injury in a military population. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 24, 57-64.

Fine, E.M., Delis, D.C., Wetter, S.R., Jacobson, M.W., Jak, A.J., McDonald, C., Braga, J.C., Thal, L.J., Salmon, D.P., Bondi, M.W. (2008). Cognitive discrepancies versus apoe genotype as predictors of cognitive decline in normal-functioning elderly individuals: a longitudinal study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16. 366-74.

Bondi, M.W., Jak, A.J., Delano-Wood, L., Jacobson, M.W., Delis, D.C., & Salmon, D.P. (2008) Neuropsychological contributions to the early identification of alzheimer’s disease. Neuropsychology Review, 18, 73-90.

Jak, A.J. (2007). Invited book review of Mild Cognitive Impairment: International Perspectives. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 29, 788-89.

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Jak, A.J., Houston, W.S., Nagel, B.J., Corey-Bloom, J., and Bondi, M.W. (2007).

Differential cross-sectional and longitudinal impact of APOE genotype on hippocampal volumes in nondemented older adults. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 23, 282-89.

Han, S.D., Drake, A.I., Cessante, L.M., Jak, A.J., Houston, W.S., Delis, D.C., Filoteo, J.V., and Bondi, M.W. (2007). APOE and TBI in a military population: Evidence of a neuropsychological compensatory mechanism? Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry, 78, 1103-8.

Han, S.D., Houston, W.S., Jak, A.J., Eyler, L.T., Nagel, B.J., Fleisher, A.S., Brown, G.G., Corey-Bloom, J., Salmon, D.P., and Bondi, M.W. (2006) Verbal paired-associate learning by APOE genotype in nondemented adults: fMRI evidence of a right hemispheric compensatory response. Neurobiology of Aging,28, 238-247.

Fleck, D.E., Shear, P.K., Zimmerman, M.E., Getz, G.E., Corey, K.B., Jak A.J., Lebowitz, B.K., & Strakowski, S.M., (2003). Verbal memory in mania: Effects of clinical state and task requirements. Bipolar Disorders, 5, 375-380.

Cohen, J.A., Cutter, G. R., Fischer, J.S., Goodman, A.D., Heidenreich, F. R., Jak, A.J., Kniker, J.E., Kooijmans, M.F., Lull, J.M., Sandrock, A.W., Simon, J.H., Simonian, N.A., & Whitaker, J.N. (2001). Use of the multiple sclerosis functional composite as an outcome measure in a phase 3 clinical trial. Archives of Neurology, 58, 961-967.

Cohen, J.A., Fischer, J.S., Bolibrush, D.M., Jak, A.J., Kniker, J.E., Mertz, L.A., Skaramagas, T.T., Cutter, G.A., (2000). Intra- and Inter-rater reliability of the MS functional composite (MSFC) outcome measure. Neurology, 54, 802-806.

Wise, A.J.*, & Bowman, S.L. (1997). Comparison of beginning counselors’ responses to lesbian vs. heterosexual partner abuse. Violence and Victims, 12, 127-135.

Wise, A.J.*, & Spengler, P.M. (1997). Suicide in children younger than age fourteen: clinical judgment and assessment issues. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 19, 318-335.

* published under maiden name

Manuscripts In ProgressCrocker, L.D., Keller, A.V., Jurick, S.M., Bomyea, J., Hays, C.C., Twamley, E.W., & Jak,

A.J. (Under review). Mild traumatic brain injury burden moderates the relationship between cognitive functioning and suicidality in Iraq/Afghanistan-era Veterans.

Hoffman, S.N., Herbert, M.S., Crocker, L.D., DeFord, N.E., Keller, A.V., Jurick, S.M., Sanderson-Cimino, & Jak, A.J. (under review). The Role of Pain Catastrophizing in Cognitive Functioning among Veterans with History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. 

Merritt, V.C., Lapira, K., Clark, A.L., Sorg, S.F., Werhane, M., Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W., Schiehser, D.M., & Delano-Wood, L. (under review). APOE-ε4 Genotype is Associated with Elevated Post-Concussion Symptoms in Military Veterans with a History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Jurick, S.M., Hoffman, S.N., Keller, A., Evangelista, N., DeFord, N., Sanderson, M., Bangen, K.J., Delano-Wood, L., Deoni, S., & Jak, A.J. (under review). Pilot investigation of a novel white matter imaging technique in Veterans with and without history of mild traumatic brain injury.

Merritt, V.C., Padgett, C., Jak, A. (under review). Sex Differences in Concussion Outcome: What Do We Know?

Elman, J.A., Jak, A.J.**, Panizzon, M.S., Tu, X., Chen, T., Reynolds, C.A., Gustavson, D.E., Franz, C.E., Jacobsen, K.C., Toomey, R., McKenzie, R., Xian, H., Lyons, M.J., & Kremen, W.S. (under review). Under-diagnosis of MCI in longitudinal studies: The problem of not accounting for practice effects

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Jurick, S.M., Crocker, L.D., Keller, A.V., Hoffman, S. N., Jacobson, M.W, and Jak, A.J.

(under review). The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-RF in Treatment Seeking Veterans with History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Crocker, L.D., Jurick, S.M., Thomas, K.R., Keller, A., Sanderson-Cimino, M., Boyd, B., Rodgers, C., Twamley, E.W., & Jak, A.J. (under review). Worse baseline executive functioning is associated with dropout and poorer response to trauma-focused treatment for PTSD.

Bomyea, J., Jurick, S.M., Keller, A., Hays, C., Twamley, E.W., Jak, A.J. (under review). Neurobehavioral symptom validity and performance validity in Veterans: Evidence for distinct outcomes across data types.

Jak, A.J., Crocker, L.D., Jurick, S.M., Boyd, B., Sanderson-Cimino, M., Keller, A., Trenova, L., Thomas, K.R., Aupperle, R., Rodgers, C.S., Lang, A.J., Schiehser, D., Norman, S.B., & Twamley, E.W. (under review). SMART-CPT Treatment for Veterans with Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and History of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Thomas, K.R., Eppig, J.S., Weigand, A.J., Edmonds, E.C., Wong, C.G., Jak, A.J., Delano-Wood, L., Galasko, D.R., Salmon, D.P., and Bondi, M.W., for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative* (under review). Artificially Low MCI to Normal Reversion Rate in the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.

**Co-first authorBook ChaptersJak, A.J., Filoteo, J.V., Bondi, M.W., & Delis, D.C. (2012). Dementia and Mild Cognitive

Impairment in Veterans. In Shane Bush (ed.) Neuropsychological Practice with Veterans. Springer Publishing Company.

Jak, A.J. (2012). The Impact of Physical and Mental Activity on Cognitive Aging. In M. Pardon & M. Bondi (Eds), CTBN Behavioral Neurobiology of Aging. Springer: Berlin.

Shear, P.K. & Jak, A.J. Quantitative approaches to the analysis of block design performance (2006). In A. Poreh (Ed), The Quantified Process Approach to Neuropsychological Assessment. Psychology Press: New York.

Fischer, J.S., Jak, A.J., Kniker, J.E., Rudick, R.A., & Cutter, G. (1999). Administration and Scoring Manual for the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite Measure (MSFC). National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Other PublicationsBondi, M.W., Edmonds, E.C., Jak, A.J., and Delano-Wood, L. (2014). Synopsis and

Commentary on “Neuropsychological Criteria for MCI Improves Diagnostic Precision, Biomarker Associations, and Progression Rates” from the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Use of an actuarial neuropsychological method for Mild Cognitive Impairment diagnosis improves upon conventional methods: Synopsis and relevance to clinical neuropsychologists. National Academy of Neuropsychology Bulletin.

Presentations at Professional ConferencesClark, J.M.R., Jak, A.J., & Twamley, E.W. (accepted for presentation). Relationship

Between Cognitive Impairment and Functional Capacity in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury. Paper to be presented at the 4th Federal Interagency Conference on TBI.

Merritt, V.C., Jurick, S.M., Keller, A.V., Hoffman, S.N., Deford, N., & Jak, A.J. (under review). Long-Term Neuropsychological and Neurobehavioral Outcomes in Combat Veterans with and without Mild TBI and PTSD. Submitted for presentation at the National Academy of Neuropsychology.

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Merritt, V.C., Lapira, K., Clark, A.L., Sorg, S.F., Werhane, M., Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W.,

Schiehser, D.M., & Delano-Wood, L. (submitted for presentation). APOE-ε4 Genotype is Associated with Elevated Post-Concussion Symptoms in Military Veterans with a History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Submitted for presentation at the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Jak, A.J. (2018). Assessment and treatment of persistent post-concussive symptoms in Veterans: rethinking the role of concussion. Invited CE Workshop presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Washington, D.C.

Jurick, S.M., Crocker, L. D., Keller, A. V., Hoffman, S. N., Thomas, K. R., Boyd, B., Rodgers, C., Twamley, E. W., & Jak, A.J. (2018). Can trauma-focused treatment improve poor neuropsychological performance validity in Veterans with PTSD and history of mTBI? Presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Washington, D.C.

Hoffman, S.N., Herbert, M.S., Crocker, L.D., DeFord, N.E., Keller, A.V., Jurick, S.M., Sanderson-Cimino, M., Lee, M., Vasudevan, R.S., & Jak, A.J. (2018). The Role of Pain Catastrophizing in Cognitive Functioning among Veterans with History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Washington, D.C.

Vasudevan, R., Herbert, M., Jurick, S.M., Deford, N., Keller, A.M., Hoffman, S.N., Lee, M., & Jak, A.J., (2018). Examination of symptom over-reporting and self-reported pain and depression in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Washington, D.C.

Keller, A.V., Crocker, L.D., Jurick, S.M., Sanderson-Cimino, M., Hoffman, S.N., Merritt, V.C., Twamley, E. W., & Jak, A. J. (2018). The Interactive Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury Burden and Cognitive Functioning on Suicidal Ideation in Veterans. Presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Washington, D.C.

Jak, A.J. (2017). Integrating the 'Neuro' and 'Psychology' in the Clinical Presentation of Persistent Post-concussive Symptoms in Veterans. Invited presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., 2017.

Jak, A.J. (2017). Enhanced cognitive rehabilitation to treat Veterans with Comorbid TBI and PTSD. In K. Judge (Chair), Innovative Intervention Programs for Veterans with Neurological Conditions and Their Families. Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., 2017.

Thomas, K.R., Eppig, J.S., Edmonds, E.C., Jak, A.J., Delano-Wood, L., Salmon, D.P., Edland, S.D., & Bondi, M.W. High MCI Diagnostic Stability and Artificially Low Reversion Rates in ADNI. Presented at the 2017 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.

Jak, A.J., Crocker, L. D., Jurick, S. M., Boyd, B., Sanderson-Cimino, M., Keller, A. V., Trenova, L. S., Aupperle, R., Rodgers, C. S., Lang, A.J., Schieshser, D., & Norman, S., Twamley, E. W. (2017). Neuropsychological outcomes following hybrid treatment for Veterans with comorbid TBI and PTSD. Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, New Orleans, LA. 

Jurick, S. M., Crocker, L. D., Sanderson-Cimino, M., Keller, A. V., Hoffman, S. N., Rauch, A. A., Trenova, L. S., Boyd, B., Schiehser, D., Aupperle, R., Twamley, E. W., Rodgers, C. S., & Jak, A. J. (2017). Contributions to Executive Dysfunction in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury History. Poster

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, New Orleans, LA. 

Hoffman, S. N., Jurick, S. M., Crocker, L. D., Steele, N. J., Keller, A. V., Rauch, A. A., DeFord, N. E., Sanderson-Cimino, M., & Jak, A. J. (2017). Patterns of Performance and Symptom Validity Tests in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury History. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, New Orleans, LA. 

Keller, A. V., Crocker, L. D., Jurick, S. M., Bomyea, J., DeFord, N. E., Hays, C. C., Twamley, E. W., & Jak, A.J. (2017). The Role of Cognitive Functioning in Suicidal Ideation in Veterans with a History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, New Orleans, LA. 

Kim, R.T., Sorg, S.F., Holiday, K.A., Delano-Wood, L., Meloy, M.J., Clark, A.L., Jak, A.J., Eyler, L.T., & Schiehser, D.M. (2017). Brain Function and Task Performance Predict Self-Reported Disinhibition and Executive Function in Veterans with Mild-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, New Orleans, LA. 

Brown, L., Jak, A.J., & Goodheart, C. (2016). Trauma and caregiving: Complicated situations and solutions. Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.

Uy, P., Signoracci, G., Dreer, L., Jak, A.J., Barisa, M. (2016). Traumatic brain injury as a chronic health condition Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.

Jak, A.J. (2016, August). Caregiving for individuals with traumatic brain injury. In L. Brown (Chair), Trauma and caregiving: Complicated situations and solutions. Symposium conducted at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.

Jak, A.J. (2016, August). Benefits of mental health treatment in Individuals with comorbid history of TBI. In P. Uy (Chair), Traumatic brain injury as a chronic health condition. Symposium conducted at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.

Keller, A.V., Jurick, S.M., DeFord, N.E., Sanderson-Cimino, M.E., Crocker, L.D., Rauch, A.A., Hoffman, S.N., Trenova, L.S., Jak, A.J. (2016). Depressive symptom clusters and cognitive functioning in OEF/OIF Veterans with comorbid PTSD/TBI. Poster presented at the 2016 American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.

Rauch, A.A., Hoffman, S., Jurick, S.M., Keller, A., Sanderson, M., Crocker, L., Johnson, C., Trenova, L., Jak, A.J. (2016). Social functioning and working memory in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with a history of mild to moderate TBI and PTSD. Poster presented at the 2016 American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO.

Campbell, L.M., Eppig, J.S., Edmonds, E.C., Wierenga, C.E., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W. (2016). Comparisons of Traditional and Comprehensive Approaches in Defining SuperAgers. Presented at the 44th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.

Crocker, L.D., Jurick, S.M., Hays, C.C., Jak, A.J. (2016). The role of Depression and PTSD symptoms in cognitive functioning in Veterans with a history of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Presented at the 44th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.

Jurick, S.M., Sanderson, M., Crocker, L., Johnson, C., Trenova, L., Keller, A., Rauch, A. & Jak, A.J. (2016). Examination of cut scores on the validity subscale of the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with a history of mild to moderate traumatic brain injury. Presented at the 44th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Kremen, W.S., Granholm, E., Panizzon, M., Franz, C., Hauger, R., Jak, A.J., Liu, W.,

Xian, H., & Lyons, M. (2015). Pupil dilation during a cognitive task: A psychophysioligcal biomarker differentiation early MCI and normal cognitive functioning. Poster presented at the 2015 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Washington, D.C.

Crocker, L.D., Jurick, S.M., Boyd, B., Rodgers, C.S., Twamley, E.W., Schiehser, D.M., & Jak, A. J. (April, 2015). Treatment of veterans with comorbid PTSD and TBI using a hybrid approach. Paper presented as part of the symposium ‘Addressing the needs of combat veterans with co-occurring head injury and mental health symptoms: Clinical trial outcomes for individuals with TBI and psychological distress’ at the annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America Conference, Miami, FL.

Jak, A.J., Gregory, A., Orff, H.J., Colón, C., Steele, N., Schiehser, D.M., Delano-Wood, L., Jurick, S.M., & Twamley, E.W. (2015). Neuropsychological performance in treatment seeking OEF/OIF Veterans with a history of mild TBI. Paper presented at the 43rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, Colorado.

Walter, K. H., Jak, A. J., & Twamley, E. W. (2015, February). Effects of compensatory cognitive training for Veterans with traumatic brain injuries: Do comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and depressive symptoms limit improvement? International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, CO.

Jurick, S.M., Sanderson, M., Trenova, L., Boyd, B., Schiehser, D., Delano-Wood, L., Aupperle, R., Twamley, E.W., Rodgers, C., & Jak, A.J. (2015). Mental health treatment reduces post-concussive symptoms and symptom over-reporting in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans. Poster presented at the 43rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, Colorado.

Sanderson-Cimino, M., Delano-Wood, L.M., Clark, A.L., Luc, N., Eppig, J., Campbell, L., Jak, A.J., & Bondi, M.W. (2015). Age Moderates the Effect of Elevated Pulse Pressure on White Matter Lesion Burden in Older Adults. Poster presented at the 43rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, Colorado.

Kim, R., Clark, A.L., Sorg, S., Jak, A.J., Hanson, K.L., Orff, H.J., Delano-Wood, L., & Schiehser, D.M. (2015). Which aspects of fatigue, depression and sleep quality best predict quality of life in Veterans with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury? Poster presented at the 43rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, Colorado.

Hays, C.C., Olsen, D., Ma, S., Whitsel, N., Orff, H.J., Jak, A.J., Twamley, E.W. (2015). Predictors of academic and employment status in Veterans with a history of traumatic brain injury. Poster presented at the 43rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, Colorado.

Eppig, J., Campbell, L., Edmonds, E.C., Jak, A.J., Delano-Wood, L., Sanderson, M. & Bondi, M.W.

Superior verbal memory in superagers: Generalizability to learning, visual memory, language, and executive functioning (2015). Poster presented at the 43rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, Colorado.

Campbell, L., Eppig, J., Edmonds, E.C., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A.J., Sanderson, M. & Bondi, M.W.Relationships between SuperAging, Brain Volumes, APOE Genotype, and Vascular Risk Factors (2015). Poster presented at the 43rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, Colorado.

Orff, H.J., Hays, C.C., Jak, A.J., Twamley, E.W. (2015). Multivariate predictors of social reintegration and satisfaction in Veterans with histories of traumatic brain

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.injury. Poster presented at the 43rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, Colorado.

Kontos, A.P., Gorgens, K., Uomoto, J., & Jak, A.J. (August 2014). Active Recovery Strategies for mTBI/Concussion: Evidence-based Treatments and Rehabilitation. Symposium presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, D.C.

Jak, A.J., Preis, S., Beiser, B., Seshadri, S., Wolf, P., Bondi, M.W., & Au, R. (July 2014). Neuropsychological Criteria for MCI and dementia risk in the Framingham Heart Study. Poster presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Delano-Wood, L., Edmonds, E.C., Nation, D.A., Bangen, K.J., McDonald, C.M., Jak, A.J., Libon, D.J., Au, R, & Bondi, M.W. (July 2014). Actuarial neuropsychological criteria for MCI diagnosis improves associations with vascular and imaging biomarkers. Presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ahmed, S., Brennan, L., Eppig, J., Price, C.C., Lamar, M., Delano-Wood, L., Clark, E., Clark, L., Nation, D.A., Jak, A.J., Au, R., Swenson, R., Bondi, M.W., & Libon, D. (July 2014). Visuconstructional impairment in subtypes of Mild Cognitive Impairment. Presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Jak, A.J., (May 2014). Innovations in Assessment and Treatment of Post-Concussive Symptoms in Veterans. Invited presentation at the Frontiers of Brain Health Lunch Lecture Series at the UT Dallas Center for Brain Health, Dallas, TX.

Jak, A.J., (May 2014). Traumatic Brain Injury. Invited presentation at the National Association of Drug Court Professionals/Vet Court Con Annual Training Conference, Anaheim, CA.

Kremen, W.S., Jak, A.J., Panizzon, M.S., Fennema-Notestine, C., Eyler, L.T., Dale, A.M., Franz, C.E., Lyons, M.J. (April 2014). Early Identification of At-Risk vs. Successful Cognitive Change from Age 55 to 61 Predicts Cerebral Differences. Poster presented at the Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Jak, A.J., Hays, C., Orff, H., Schiehser, D., & Twamley, E.W. (February 2014). Depression Limits Post-Concussive Symptom Improvement in Veterans with a History of TBI. Poster presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Seattle, WA.

Jurick, S. M., Hays, C., Orff, H. J., Twamley, E.W., & Jak, A. J. (February, 2014). Post-concussive symptom over-reporting in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans. Poster presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Seattle, WA.

Twamley, E.W., Thomas, K.R., Gregory, A.M., Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W., Delis, D.C., and Lohr, J.B. (February 2014). CogSMART compensatory cognitive training for TBI: Effects in a randomized controlled trial. Poster presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Seattle, WA.

Twamley, E.W., Hays, C.C., Orff, H.J., Depp, C.A., & Jak, A.J. (February, 2014). Neurocognition and homelessness among OEF/OIF Veterans with traumatic brain injury. Poster presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Seattle, WA.

Edmonds, E. C., Clark, L. R., Delano-Wood, L., McDonald, C. R., Jak, A. J., Libon, D. J., Salmon, D. P., Au, R., & Bondi, M. W. (February, 2014). Susceptibility of the conventional criteria for Mild Cognitive Impairment to false positive diagnostic errors: Evidence from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Poster presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Seattle, WA.

Hanson, K.L., Schiehser, D.M., Twamley, E.W., Jak, A.J., Clark, A.L., Lohr, J. B., Delis, D.C., &

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Delano-Wood, L. (February 2014). Problem alcohol use is associated with increased psychiatric symptomatology and reduced processing speed in Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury. Poster presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Seattle, WA.

Jak, A.J. (September 2013). “Comorbid TBI and PTSD in Veterans.” Invited Keynote Panel at 18th International Conference & Summit on Violence, Abuse, & Trauma.

Orff, H.J., Schiehser, D., Twamley, E.W., Jak, A.J., Drummond, S.P.A., Delano-Wood, L. Sleep Disturbance and Neuropsychiatric Functioning in Veterans with Mild to Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) Compared with non-mTBI Veterans. Presented at the American Academy of Sleep Medicine annual meeting, Baltimore, MD. June 2013.

Jak, A.J. Neuropsychological Assessment and Cognitive Profiles in TBI (Invited Talk).  Presented at the VISN 22 Mental Health and PolyTrauma Conference “Bridging the Gap,” May 2013.

Libon, D.J., Eppig, J., Wicas, G., Brennan, L., Drabick, D., Giovannetti, T., Price, C.C., Lamar, M., Jak, A.J., Nation, D. A., Bangen, K.J., Delano-Wood, L., Bondi, M.W., Au, R., & Swenson, R. on behalf of CENDA; The Consortium for Epidemiologic Neuropsychological Data Analysis. Defining Mixed Alzheimer’s/ Vascular Dementia – I: A Cluster Analysis Approach. Presented at the  6th Congress of the International Society of Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders, Toronto, Canada, 2013.  

Libon, D.J., Eppig, J., Wicas, G., Brennan, L., Drabick, D., Giovannetti, T., Price, C.C., Lamar, M., Jak, A.J., Nation, D. A., Bangen, K.J., Delano-Wood, L., Bondi, M.W., Au, R., & Swenson, R. on behalf of CENDA; The Consortium for Epidemiologic Neuropsychological Data Analysis Defining Mixed Alzheimer’s/ Vascular Dementia – II: Neuropsychological Comparisons of Cluster-Determined Groups. Presented at the 6th Congress of the International Society of Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders, Toronto, Canada, 2013.

Jak, A.J., Spoon, K.M., Panizzon, M.S., Franz, C.E., Thompson, W.K., Jacobson, K.C., Xian, H., Grant, M.D., Toomey, R., Lyons, M.J., and Kremen, W.S.  Hippocampal Atrophy Varies by Neuropsychological Definition of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Men in Their 50s.  Paper presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HI, 2013.

Jurick, S., Jak, A.J., Colon, C., Orff, H., Hays, C., Gregory, A., and Twamley, E., Cognitive Profiles of Mild to Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans.  Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HI, 2013.

Orff, H.J., Jak, A.J., Gregory, A.M., Colón, C., Schiehser, D.M., Lohr, J., Twamley, E.W.  Association of Sleep Disturbance with Neuropsychological and Psychiatric Functioning in Veterans with Mild to Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury.  Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HI, 2013.

Twamley, E. W., Williams, R.E., Jak, A. J., Delis, D. C., & Lohr, J. B. (2013, February). Compensatory Cognitive Training for Veterans with Mild to Moderate TBI. International Neuropsychological Society, Waikoloa, HI.

Hanson, K.L., Nation, D.A., Orff, H.J., Sorg, S.F., Delano-Wood, L., Schiehser, D.M., Twamley, E.W., Lohr, J.B., Jak, A.J., and Delis, D.C.  Cognitive Discrepancy-Based Analysis of Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans Suggests Mild Executive Dysfunction.  Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HI, 2013.

Matevosyan, A., Delano-Wood, L., Alhassoon, O., Lanni, E.B., Luc, N.K., Kim, R., Sorg, S., Jacobson, M.W., Jak, A.J., Meloy, M.J., Hanson, K.L., Schiehser, D.M.   Neuropsychological Predictors of Quality of Life in Veterans with Mild to Moderate

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Traumatic Brain Injury.  Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HI, 2013.

Luc, N.K., Nation, D.A., Sorg, S.F., Schiehser, D.M., Hanson, K., Lanni, E., Jak, A. J., Matsevoyan, A., Kim, R., Jacobson, M.W., Bondi, M.W., Lohr, J. B., & Delano-Wood, L. (2013, February). Iowa Gambling Task Impairment is Associated with Executive Dysfunction in Veterans with Chronic Mild-to-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HI.

Sorg, S. F., Delano-Wood, L., Schiehser, D. M., Luc, N. K., Lanni, E. B., Jak, A. J., Hanson, K., Nation, D. A., Frank, L. R., & Bondi, M. W. (2013, February). Processing speed and memory deficits in veterans with TBI: Associations with white matter integrity. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HI.

Delano-Wood, L., Sorg, S.F., Luc, N.K., Schiehser, D., Lanni, E.B., Jacobson, M.W., Nation, D.A., Jak, A. J., Hanson, K., Frank, L.R., Meloy, M.J., Delis, D. C., Lohr, J. B., & Bondi, M.W. (2013, February). Fornix Integrity is Related to Cognition but Not Postconcussive Symptoms in Chronic Military Traumatic Brain Injury: A Quantitative Tractography Study. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, HI.

Kremen, W. S., Panizzon, M.S., Spoon, K., Franz, C.E., Jak, A. J., Thompson, W.K., Jacobson, K.C., & Lyons, M.J. (2012, November). A 5-year follow-up of mild cognitive impairment initially assessed at age 55.Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Nation, D.A., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W. (2012).  Pulse Pressure Predicts Cognitive and Functional Decline in Mild Cognitive Impairment.  Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, 2012.

Sun, N., Nation, D.A., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W. (2012).  Qualitative Aspects of Semantic Fluency in Amnestic and Nonamnestic MCI.  Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, 2012.

Cabrera, Y., Nation, D.A., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W. (2012).  Blood Pressure and Cerebrovascular Comorbidity in Alzheimer’s Disease.  Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, 2012.

Bangen KJ, Sorg SF, Luc N, Delano-Wood L, Wierenga CE, Jak AJ, & Bondi MW. Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Mild Cognitive Impairment. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, 2012.

Luc, N., Sorg, S., Lanni, E., Schiehser, D., Bondi, M.W., Jak, A.J., Delis, D.C., Frank, L.R., & Delano-Wood, L. The Relationship Between Fornix White Matter Integrity and Memory Performance in Mild Cognitive Impairment Subtypes: A Diffusion Tensor Tractography Study. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, 2012.

Burrows, C.L., Nation, D.A., Golshan, S., Jak, A.J., & Bondi, M.W. Is Subjective Memory Complaint Related to Cognitive Deficits in Mild Cognitive Impairment? Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, 2012.

Wierenga, C.E., Dev, S., Shin, D.D., Clark, L.R., Jak, A.J., Rissman, R., Liu, T.T., Salmon, D.P., & Bondi, M.W. Effect of mild cognitive impairment and APOE genotype on resting cerebral blood flow and its association with cognition. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, 2012.

Nation, D.A., Chang, Y-L., Delano-Wood, L., Wierenga, C.E., Bangen, K.J., Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W. Pulse Pressure Elevation is Associated with Lower Subcortical Structural Volumes. Presented at the Vas-Cog Conference in Lille, France, September 2011.

Twamley, E.W., Gregory, A.M., Colon, C.L., Orff, H.J., & Jak, A.J. Multivariate predictors of social functioning and quality of life in veterans with traumatic brain injuries. Presented at the VA Mental Health Conference, Washington, D.C., August 2011.

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Gregory, A.M., Orff, H., Colón, C., Jak, A.J., & Twamley, E.W. Sleep Disturbance,

Cognition, and Psychiatric Symptoms in Veterans with TBI. Presented at the VA Mental Health Conference, Washington, D.C., August 2011.

Colón, C., Orff, H., Gregory, A.M., Twamley, E.W., & Jak, A.J. Neuropsychological performance is related to symptom distress in veterans with comorbid traumatic brain injury and PTSD. Presented at the VA Mental Health Conference, Washington, D.C., August 2011.

Jak, A.J., Panizzon, M.S., Fennema-Notestine, C., Eyler, L., Franz, C.E., Lyons, M.J., Jernigan, T., Dale, A.M., & Kremen, W.S. Hippocampal Volume in Neuropsychologically-Defined MCI in Men in their 50’s. Presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD), Paris, France, July 2011.

Franz, C.E., Panizzon, M.S., Jak, A.J., Lyons, M.J., & Kremen, W.S. Twins Discordant for Neuropsychologically-Defined MCI: Relationship to Premorbid Cognitive Ability. Presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD), Paris, France, July 2011.

Kremen, W.S., Jak, A.J., Panizzon, M.S., Franz, C.E., & Lyons, M.J. Heritability of Neuropsychologically-Defined MCI in Midlife: A Twin Study of Men in Their 50s. Presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD), Paris, France, July 2011.

Jak, A.J., Orff, H., Colon, C., & Twamley, E. Neuropsychology of Mild to Moderate TBI in OEF/OIF Veterans. Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2011.

Gupta, A. and Jak, A.J. Mild Cognitive Impairment and Fish and Wine Consumption. Accepted for presentation at the 8th Annual American Medical Association Medical Student Section and Resident Fellows Section Joint Research Symposium, San Diego, 2010.

Jak, A.J., McCauley, A., Gravno, J., Jurick, S., Bondi, M.W. Impact of a Walking Intervention on Executive Functioning in Older Adults. Paper presented the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, 2011.

Wierenga, C.E., Dev, S., Stricker, N.R., Jak, A.J., Gravano, J., McCauley, A., Liu, T.T., Salmon, D.P., & Bondi, M.W. Does Increased Resting Cerebral Blood Flow Correspond to Better Cognitive Performance in MCI? Paper presentedt the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, 2011.

Tuminello, E.R., Han, S.D., Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W. Mild Cognitive Impairment, Executive Functioning, and Anterior Cingulate Cortex Volumetry. Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, 2011.

Schiehser, D.M., Delis, D.C., Delano-Wood, L., Filoteo, J.V., Jak, A.J., and Bondi, M.W.Neuropsychological predictors of Fatigue in Mild to Moderate TBI. Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, 2011.

Luc, N.K., Delano-Wood, L., Nation, D., Bangen, K.J., Lanni, E., Jak, A.J., Cabrera, Y., Stricker, N., Salmon, D.P., & Bondi, M.W. The Association Between Stroke Risk Factors and White Matter Lesion Burden in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, 2011.

Lanni, E., Luc, N., Sorg, S.F., Schiehser, D., Bondi, M.W., Braga, D.D., Jak, A.J., Dev, S., Delis, D.C., & Delano-Wood.,L. Right Hemisphere White Matter Changes Predict Psychiatric Distress in Veterans with Mild to Moderate TBI. Poster presentated at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, 2011.

D. A. Nation, L. Delano-Wood, K. J. Bangen, C. E. Wierenga, A. J. Jak, D. C. Delis, D. P. Salmon, M. W. Bondi. Pulse pressure, cognition, and vascular pathology in Alzheimer’s diseasePoster presentated at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, 2011.

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.D. D. Braga, S. F. Sorg, N. K. Luc, E. Lanni, S. Dawn, M. W. Bondi, A. J. Jak, S. I. Dev, D.

C. Delis, L. Frank, & L. Delano-Wood. Anterior Cingulum Integrity Predicts Neurocognitive Performance in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Quantitative Tractography Study. Paper presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, 2011.

Nation, D.A., Delano-Wood, L., Wierenga, C.E., Jak, A.J., Delis, D.C., Salmon, D.P., McDonald, C.R., Bondi, M.W. Pulse pressure, cognition, and cerebrovascular disease in autopsy-confirmed alzheimer’s disease. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 2010.

Jak, AJ, Dev, S., Clark, L.R., Bondi, M.W., Delano-Wood, L., and Delis, D.C. Effort Testing, PTSD, and Depression in OEF/OIF Veterans with TBI. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2010.

Bangen KJ, Restom K, Liu TT, Wierenga CE, Jak AJ, & Bondi MW. Resting State Cerebral Blood Flow and Brain Activation during Memory Encoding in Mild Cognitive Impairment: An Arterial Spin Labeling Study. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Acapulco 2010.

Nation, D.A., Jak, A.J., Delano-Wood, L., Delis, D.C., Bondi, M.W. Pulse Pressure and Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Acapulco 2010.

Lanni, E., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A.J., Bangen, K.J., McCauley, A., Schiehser, D., Chang, Y-L., Stricker, N.H., Nation, D., Wierenga, C. E., Sorg, S., Clark, L., Luc, N., Delis, D.C., & Bondi, M.W. Elevated Stroke Risk Predicts Lower Hippocampal Volumes in Both Normal Aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Acapulco 2010.

Sorg, S.F., Luc, N., Lanni, E., Bondi, M.W., Jak, A.J., Dev, S., Chang, Y-L., Schiehser, D., Delis, D.C., Frank, L.R., & Delano-Wood, L. Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Frontal White Matter in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Associations with Executive Functioning. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Acapulco 2010.

Luc, N., Sorg, S., Lanni, E., Bondi, M.W., Schiehser, D., Jak, A.J., Chang, Y-L., Dev, S., Delis, D.C., Frank, L.R., & Delano-Wood, L. Quantitative Tractography of the Fornix and Associations with Working Memory in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Acapulco 2010.

Delano-Wood, L., Chang, Y-L., McCauley, A., Jak, A.J., Bangen, K.J., Schiehser, D., Stricker, N., Wierenga, C.E., Nation, D., Lanni, E., Sorg, S., Luc, N., & Bondi, M.W. Entorhinal Cortex Thickness Differences by APOE Genotype in MCI and Normal Aging. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, Acapulco 2010.

Jak, A.J., Orff, H.J., Dev, S., Clark, L.R., Twamley, E.W., Bondi, M.W., Delano-Wood, L., & Delis, D.C. (2010). Symptom Validity Testing and Mental Health in OEF/OIF Veterans with TBI. Poster presented at the VA Annual Mental Health Conference, 2010, Baltimore, MD.

Jak, A.J. (2010). Quantification of Neuropsychological Approaches to Defining MCI Subtypes. Invited talk at the Mount Sinai Medical Center 8th Annual Symposium on Early Alzheimer’s Disease.

Jak, A.J., (2009). Impact of Exercise on Cognitive Functioning. Invited talk at the UCSD ADRC Alzheimer's Disease: Update on Research, Treatment, and Care, San Diego, CA

Twamley, E., Jak, A.J., Thomas, K., & Delis, D.C. (2009). CogSMART: Cognitive Symptom Management and Rehabilitation Therapy. Presented at the VA Annual Mental Health Conference, 2009, Baltimore, MD.

Termini, L.R., Stricker, N.H., Wiessberger, G.H., Jak, A.J., Delis, & D.C., Bondi, M.W. Yes/No versus Forced-Choice Recognition Memory in Normal Aging, Mild Cognitive

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.Impairment, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented at the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2009, San Diego, CA.

Urban, S. and Jak, A.J. Stroke Risk in Mild Cognitively Impaired Patients. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, 2009, Chicago, IL.

Jak, A.J., McCauley, A., Bangen, K.J., Delano-Wood, L., & Bondi, M.W. Impact of Exercise on Hippocampal Volumes in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2009, Atlanta, GA.

Schiehser, D.M., Delano-Wood, L., Jak, A.J., Bangen, K.J., & Bondi, M.W. Neuropsychological Profile of and Longitudinal Change in Amnestic and Nonamnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2009, Atlanta, GA.

Delano-Wood, L., Stricker, N.H., Schiehser, D., Jak, A.J., Chang, Y-L., Wierenga, C.E., Termini, L., Salmon, D.P., Frank, L.R., & Bondi, M.W. APOE ε4 Genotype Status Predicts Reduced Fornix Integrity in Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2009, Atlanta, GA.

Chang, Y-L, Jak, A.J., Delano-Wood, L., McCauley, A., Delis, D.C., & Bondi, M.W. Analysis of Qualitative and Quantitative Features of Verbal Fluency in Healthy Aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2009, Atlanta, GA.

Wierenga, C.E., Horne, N.R., Delano-Wood, L., McCauley, A., Bangen, K.J., Jak, A.J., Salmon, D.P., & Bondi, M.W. Changes in the Neural Substrates of Semantic Memory in Nondemented Older Apolipoprotein E 4 Carriers. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2009, Atlanta, GA.

Jak, A.J., Delano-Wood, L., Wierenga, C.E., Corey-Bloom, J., & Bondi, M.W. Hippocampal Volumes and Relationship to Cognition in Clinical Subtypes of Mild Cognitive Impairment. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2008, Waikoloa, HI.

Han, S.D., Delis, D.C., Drake, A.I., Cessante, L.M., Jak, A.J., Houston, W.S., Filoteo, J.V., & Bondi, M.W. Cognitive Discrepancy Patterns Following Traumatic Brain Injury Among Active Military Personnel. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2008, Waikoloa, HI.

Han, S.,D., Suzuki., H., Drake, A.I., Cessante, L.M., Jak, A.J., Houston, W.S., Delis, D.C., Filoteo, J.V., & Bondi, M.W. Predictors of Job Status Change Following TBI Among Active Military Personnel. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2008, Waikoloa, HI.

Delano-Wood, L., Kimbrell, K.I., Jak, A.J., Chang, Y-L., Schweinsburg, B., Horne, N.R., Wierenga, C.E., Salmon, D.P., Frank, L.R. & Bondi, M.W. Disruption of Posterior Cingulate Integrity and Associations with Cognition in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2008, Waikoloa, HI.

Wierenga, C.E., Horne, N.R., Delano-Wood, L., McCauley, A., Bangen, K.A., Jak, A.J., Salmon, D.P., and Bondi, M.W. Changes in the Neural Substrates of Semantic Memory in Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2008, Waikoloa, HI.

Tolentino, J.C., Pirogovsky E., Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W., Gilbert P.E., and Toner C.K. Temporal Order Memory in Nondemented Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2008, Waikoloa, HI.

Suzuki, H., Han, S. D., Jak, A.J., Bondi, M.W. Neuropsychological measures as hierarchical predictors of mild cognitive impairment. Presented at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 2007, San Diego, CA.

Jak, A.J., Corey-Bloom, J, and Bondi, M.W. Diagnostic Characterization of MCI Subtypes in a Naturalistic Sample. Presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2007, Portland, OR.

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.

Teaching Experience

Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA

2014-present Co-Director, UCSD/VA Psychology Internship Training Program

2014-16 SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology Proseminar in Neuropsychology

2011-present SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology Faculty

2011-present Co-Director, VASDHS Interprofessional Polytrauma and TBI Rehabilitation Research Fellowship

2008 – present Supervisor for SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology practicum students - Cognitive Rehabilitation Rotation

2008 – present VA/UCSD Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship Program – Supervisor for Neuropsychology and Cognitive Rehabilitation Rotations

Fall 2007, 2008 School of Medicine: Social and Behavioral Sciences – The Doctor/Patient Relationship, Group Facilitator

Adjunct Instructor Alliant International University/California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, CAFall 2004 Graduate Course: Foundations of Measurement Summer 2005, Fall 2006 Graduate Course: Biological Aspects of Behavior Fall 2005, 2006 Graduate Course: Neuropsychology Fall 2005 Graduate Course: Lifespan Development

Teaching Assistant University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OHSpring 2001 and 2003 Graduate Course: Adult IQ Assessment 1999-2002 Undergraduate Courses: Introduction to Psychology,

Introduction to Psychology (Honors), Abnormal Psychology, Introduction to Clinical Psychology (three quarters)

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.

Ad-Hoc ReviewerAmerican Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (previously on editorial board), Neurology, Neurobiology of Aging, Annals of Neurology, Neuropsychology, Alzheimer’s and Dementia, American Journal of Preventative Medicine, Implementation Science, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Psychology and Aging, Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology (also on editorial board), Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, PLOS ONE, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, BMC Neurology, Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Rehabilitation Psychology, *Journal of Psychiatric Research, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Review

Awards and Honors

2013 – Fellow, American Psychological Association

2011 – AAICAD Travel Fellowship

2009 – Merit Designation for “Impact of Exercise on Hippocampal Volumes in Mild Cognitive Impairment,” accepted for presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, 2009, Atlanta, GA.

2008 – The Alzheimer’s Association San Diego/Imperial Chapter - Reagan-Thal Legacy Award: accepted on behalf of young scientists at the UCSD Shiley-Marcos ADRC

2003 – American Psychological Foundation and APA Division 40 Henry Hécaen Scholarship for outstanding graduate student in neuropsychology

2003 – Cincinnati Psychological Association and Cincinnati Academy of Professional Psychology

Award for Outstanding Graduate Thesis

1995 - Dean’s Citation for Academic Excellence, Ball State University

1994 - Magna Cum Laude graduate from Miami University

1994 - Phi Beta Kappa, Miami University

Organizational Affiliations

UCSD Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging (SIRA) faculty (2007-present)

International Neuropsychological Society (INS), Associate member (1999-2006), Regular Member (2006-present); Program Committee and Continuing Education Committee (2015-18)

American Psychological Association (APA), Member (2007-present), Fellow (2013-present), APA Division 40 Program Committee Member (2009-2012); Co-Chair 2010-11, Chair 2011-12. APA Division 40 Secretary, 2015-2018.

University of Cincinnati Psychology Graduate Student Association, President (2002-2003)

Amy J. Jak, Ph.D.

Additional Training and Experience

November 2016 Scientist Reviewer, Department of Defense, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program (PH/TBI).  

December 2014 Board of Psychology's California Psychology Supplemental Examination Passing Score Workshop - Sacramento, CA

May 2013 Reviewer, Alzheimer’s Association International Research Grant Program

April 2012 Reviewer, California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Alzheimer's Disease Program

December 2007 Board of Psychology's California Psychology Supplemental Examination Item Review Workshop - Sacramento, CA

July 9-15, 2005 NIA Summer Institute on Aging ResearchNational Institute on AgingQueenstown, MD

July 18-22, 2005 FSL/FreeSurfer CourseFMRIB/Oxford University and MGHBoston, MA

July 30 and August 6, 2004 AFNI WorkshopUniversity of California, San DiegoSan Diego, CA

October 16-19, 2002 Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: An Introductory CourseFunctional Imaging Research CenterMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukee, WI

LicensureSeptember 2006-present: Licensed Psychologist: California License No. PSY 21113